General Gardening Discussion

I think the only advantage with coir is it looks nice. To buy new liners for my bowers and baskets costs a fortune. Poundstretcher sell coir liners pretty cheap though , but don't have 14" ones in at the moment. I line my coir basket liners with plastic bin liner , it helps retain the water and...

I grew Apache Chilli this year as a windowsill Chilli . Its supposed to be a dwarf bushy variety , although the one I have seems pretty tall at the moment , presume they will bush up soon. Lots of seeds on Ebay

Hi all, sorry for the late updates, i have been mega busy trying to juggle work, digging over my allotment and starting seeds off but here goes... week 8 - 29.03.2014 Again we started off by cutting and sticking some more pictures the tutor had printed off of us doing the tasks. We...

Brilliant clueless!! Im so glad you asked this. A house down the road has this in their front garden and it looks great, can see it from down the road as its such a bright purple. I was going to post too but you've saved me the trouble.Rich

Jungle Plants closed last autumn (retirement), although Jungle Seeds continues on ...Had an email today that there are a few plants left - presumably left overs from last season (although some are marked as "New for 2014" )Anyways, if you missed out getting an Ensete montbeliardii, or...

Weedkiller? e.g. something Glyphosate based - "Roundup". If that doesn't kill it then "SBK".Cover with tarpaulin / plastic sheet for the Summer and rob it of light."Never let it see a Sunday" - hoe the tops off, at least once a week, to weaken it

Commercial growers must do though - so the results must speak for themselves??Although ... perhaps any-old-thing will do, for me, and I just wait a bit longer before it is plating-out-size ?

I just stuck a couple of Plums in my mouth and found I could understand it easily

Petunias are my favourite hanging basket plants.Val

No its not Birch , the point I was making not all trees can cope or look ok if pruned , Birch trees being a good example as when they have had the main trunk cut close to the top they never look right.

I do 10% every other day, as Discus have to have a water temperature of about 84 degrees. I have about 30 Bleeding Heart Tetras, 10 Rummynose Tetras, 10 Cardinal Tetras, assorted corys, 1 Goldseam plec, a trio of Peppermint plecs and 3 whiptails.

... and the GC time-travelling helicopter of course

Would love to! Did you want the Clianthus seeds?

Well I'm risking it! The car is my immediate neighbours and beyond, the garage wall next-door-but-one. The paint has faded somewhat over the last couple of years making it more spearmint coloured, it was deeper and harsher when first done. Having said that my own needs a re-paint this year and...

... there's hope for me yet then!

Thank you Val, Fen and Peter.The reason for annuals from seed is by way of a challenge to myself, it's something I have never really done because at home we have three cats and if I have a clear patch of ground for seed sowing, the cats appear to be drawn towards it.I will be growing...

Just spotted this starts on bbc4 next Tuesday at 9pm.Might be worth a look.Gazania

Folks, just wanted to thank-you for your advice. All plants have made it through the winter - two featured in containers given to "the mothers" last Sunday, with two kept behind for me!

sounds a good idea , in the mean time measure from the main trunk 18 inches all around and make a mini trench a good spade depth and when you find roots cut through them , then fill up with a multipurpose compost , this will encourage new fiberous roots to grow which will help when moving later...

I've got a 'fine as rain' nozzle. That was very affordable and fits on my other cans!